Ocupada, Ocupada, Ocupada

We have made it for two weeks. Rachel and I still love each other, and we are both alive.
I wish I had more time to write and update, but it is not often that we have internet access, and as it seems, when we do, limited time. Such is the case tonight. I only have ten minutes to tell you of all the amazing ways God has blessed us this week, and is blessing us everyday.
Rachel´s blood tests came back fine, thank you all for your prayers.
When I think about the past week, the phrase that comes to mind over and over again is ¨The Harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.¨ I never realized how true that was. Over 60 people signed up to have English lessons from the Bible, which was a problem for the new church in Brisas del Gof, because they only had two LST workers. So, they called our congregation, and Rachel and I travel across the city each day to spend six hours, working with as much as twenty readers. LST is traditionally for advanced English speakers, but more than half of those wanting English lessons in Brisas are at the beginner´s level. We could not imagine sending them away, so we are daily developing an English program for beginners that still incoprorates the Bible and the messages therein. We have been blessed to have very crazy students, who are so much fun and who became our friends instantly. It is amazing how our personalities have clicked with their´s so well. They are eager and excited to learn. We have precious Olga, who is sixty years old and still determined to learn a foreign language. She is challeneging, but provides comedic relief because no matter how hard she tries, she just does not know what is going on or what she is saying! But, she is steadfast, intelligent, and will learn! We have Reuben who has been labeled as the ¨crazy¨man by our other students, Soñia who is our ¨ham¨because she insists on being in every picture, and Mara who forced Rachel to do the Electric Slide (Or Electric Boogie, as they call it in Panama) at our party, and Delina who has been frantically searching for a Spanish book for Rachel, so she can learn the language in which she so badly wants to communicate. I wish I could write to you about them all--Katherine, Adol, Junior (Please pray for his wife, who contracted dengue from a mosquito), Maria, Helario, Lesliee, and the others. I am convinced that we have the best students! Please pray that in addition to learning English, forging new friendships, and having a very good time, they will also fall in love with the Jesus they read about in their Luke books everyday and that, we pray, they see in our lives.
Thank you for all your prayers. It is because of our family and friends at home, that we are encouraged to go on each day. Thank you for all of you who helped to get us here, and bring these people The Good News.
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May God blesss you all!
Thank you for reading!
Excuse the typos--Spanish keyboards are a little tricky!!